Facebook ignored staff warnings about “sketchy” Cambridge Analytica in September 2015

Fb staff tried to alert the company in regards to the method of Cambridge Analytica as early as September 2015, in line with the SEC’s complaint in opposition to the company which used to be as soon as published the day prior to this. This chimes with a courtroom docket filing that emerged earlier this one year — which moreover suggested Fb adequate…
Facebook employees tried to alert the company about the activity of Cambridge Analytica as early as September 2015, per the SEC’s complaint against the company which was published yesterday. This chimes with a court filing that emerged earlier this year — which also suggested Facebook k…

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